Within
feel it bristling for it remains eternally warm
Feeding
upon its source, burning through every storm
Despite
every attempt to drown away its resilience
Free of spite
the living flame burns on with endless persistence
Waiting
to be discovered beneath the skin where it lies
Growing
restless in the shadows where it calls without cry
A need
straggling at the edge of every pondering mind
A destiny
clawing at all the eyes that unknowingly search but never find
Either
Abandoned
for the whims of greed, like a weed, growing from a rotting dream
Or
Achieved
through endless perspiration, eternal trial, burning fears away without a seam
Bursting
from the silent, but roaring, soul finally free to prey upon its fate
Forever rising
from slippery sorrow, a heart threatening to balance love and hate
A living flame
A chance to burn away today into tomorrow